Users Abandon Facebook After Cambridge Analytica Findings

Facebook did report the first decline in monthly active users (MAU), is this the turning point [1]? Ive always wondered if facebook would die a quick death or a slow crawl. Wonder who gains from this ? twitter resurgance ? dont think so, snap ? not so sure, time for google to give another go to push google+?

1. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/31/facebook-north-america-daus-...

Re: Users Abandon Facebook After Cambridge Analytica Findings

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Post by computerex » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 1:59 AM UTC

danschumann wrote: post #3

Hmmm. I'd get off facebook but then my friends would think I unfriended them.

Facebook doesn't seem necessary at all.

Re: Users Abandon Facebook After Cambridge Analytica Findings

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Post by owly » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 2:00 AM UTC

danschumann wrote: post #3

Hmmm. I'd get off facebook but then my friends would think I unfriended them.

It’s SO unnecessary. Not having it forces you to engage directly with people you truly like. You’ll have more time for them as a bonus.

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Post by mr_spothawk » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 2:00 AM UTC

I think it's worth stating: if you're not deleting your friend connections, you're not leaving.

I say that because your friends retain their friend count, and that's a big part of FB-identity. Also, you can always pick it back up when "they" fix the problem (which isn't fixable).

I made my act public, left a message with contact info as my last message, and then deleted all my "friends" (which was, honestly, a pretty nice reminder of folks I hadn't spoken with in a while). Finally, I bcc'd them on an email so I could stay in touch. I can always reply-all that email if I need to spam them with news/info/etc...

it's not a perfect solution, but it's the best I could come up with on my own, and I'm advising my friends to do the same.

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Post by hsljekskfh » Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 2:00 AM UTC

maskedinvader wrote: post #6

Facebook did report the first decline in monthly active users (MAU), is this the turning point [1]? Ive always wondered if facebook would die a quick death or a slow crawl. Wonder who gains from this ? twitter resurgance ? dont think so, snap ? not so sure, time for google to give another go to push google+? 1. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/31/facebook-north-america-daus-...

twitter just had their first profits. the celebrities use it, marketers use it... seems like the big contender, at least for people over 20